Active Chinese company membership in the Dubai Chamber of Commerce reached 6,650 by late September 2026, marking a rise exceeding 200 percent since 2016. Over 3,830 of these entities operate within the trading and services sectors. Dubai Chambers emphasized attracting Chinese manufacturers as a key strategic objective as firms scale up into regional headquarters.
The Dubai Business Forum – China concluded in Shenzhen, bringing together 854 Chinese investors and 112 Dubai delegates. Official figures revealed non-oil bilateral trade expanded by nearly 23% between 2024 and 2025, while Chinese FDI into Dubai rose to over AED 3.4 billion. Dubai Chambers also highlighted initiatives including its Agentic AI transformation programme for private enterprises.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum attended the graduation of the third cohort of the Dubai Family Business Management Programme. The cohort comprised 27 second-tier leaders from family-owned enterprises across Dubai. The initiative was organised by the Dubai Centre for Family Businesses under Dubai Chambers in collaboration with the Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development.
Dubai Chambers is dispatching its largest-ever economic delegation to Shenzhen for the Dubai Business Forum – China following non-oil bilateral trade reaching AED 363.5 billion in 2025. Concurrently, the UAE sent 16 Emirati artificial intelligence experts to Beijing and Shanghai under the National Experts Program to study research, governance, and commercial AI deployment.
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